Objective The aim of this Coordination-Action is to assemble and assess comprehensive teaching and demonstration material, which should enable all primary school children (ISCED 1 Level of Education according to UNESCO) to discover basic concepts of ecology and obtain hands-on experience in cycling of elements in nature, and thus the potential of wastewater as a resource. Due to the universal appeal of nature to children these systems have a great potential to integrate both sexes as well as "disadvantaged and under performing" groups such as immigrant children. These classroom systems will result from ongoing research in nature-oriented systems, and will reflect today's best available technology. The contributions of the network partners will help to disseminate best available technology from different regions of Europe.The systems developed by the partners represent not only a way to handle waste and wastewater or to reuse nutrients; they are also highly suitable to demonstrate the paths of waste in nature and their influence on the ecosystem. The classroom systems will be designed to be low cost and easy to assemble and maintain by the children. They will serve as motivation tools to ask questions about nature, to experiment with ecosystems, measure and interpret data and thus explore the natural processes and even, in a first moderate step, to experience hypothesis driven research. Fields of science social scienceseducational sciencesdidacticsengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwater treatment processeswastewater treatment processesnatural sciencesearth and related environmental scienceshydrologynatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems Programme(s) FP6-SOCIETY - Science and society: specific programme for research, technological development and demonstration : "Structuring the European Research Area" under the Sixth Framework Programme 2002-2006 Topic(s) SOCIETY-2.1 - Ethics: networking between existing bodies and activities, promotion of dialogue in a global context, awareness raising, training SOCIETY-WP2004-3.2.1 - Science education and careers 2004 Call for proposal FP6-2004-SCIENCE-AND-SOCIETY-11 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CA - Coordination action Coordinator ZÜRCHER HOCHSCHULE FÜR ANGEWANDTE WISSENSCHAFTEN (ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES) EU contribution No data Address Technikumstrasse 9 WINTERTHUR Switzerland See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all BILDUNGS- UND DEMONSTRATIONSZENTRUM FÜR DEZENTRALE ABWASSERBEHANDLUNG E. V. Germany EU contribution No data Address Torgauer Strasse 76 LEIPZIG See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data LIMNOS COMPANY FOR APPLIED ECOLOGY LTD. Slovenia EU contribution No data Address Pozarnice 41 BREZOVICA PRI LJUBLJANI See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY Sweden EU contribution No data Address Holmgatan 10 SUNDSVALL See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITETET FOR MILJØ- OG BIOVITENSKAP Norway EU contribution No data Address Drobakveien 31 AAS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS Denmark EU contribution No data Address Nordre Ringgade 1 AARHUS C See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data